Future Infantry Structure: The Original Proposal

FIS as proposed by ECAB in March 2004 looked different to what happened. Units in italics are territorial. What happened I’ll leave you to speculate.

The Foot Guards (5 Battalions)

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Grenadier Guards)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Coldstream Guards)

3^rd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Scots Guards

4^th Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Irish Guards)

5^th Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Welsh Guards)

6^th Battalion (ex-London Regiment)

Royal Lowland Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Royal Scots and 1^st Bn, KOSB)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, RHF)

3^rd Battalion (ex-52^nd Lowland Regiment)

The Highland Regiment

1^st Battalion ( ex-1^st Bn, Black Watch)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Highlanders and 1^st Bn, A&SH)

3^rd Battalion (ex-51^st Highland Regiment)

The Queen’s Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, PWRR)

2^nd Battalion (ex-2^nd Bn, PWRR)

3^rd Battalion (ex-3^rd Bn, PWRR)

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

1^st Battalion

2^nd Battalion

5^th Battalion (ex-Tyne Tees Regiment)

The Royal Anglian Regiment

1^st Battalion

2^nd Battalion

3^rd Battalion (ex-East of England Regiment)

The Royal Lancashire and Borderers

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, King’s and elm 1^st Bn, KORBR)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, QLR and elm 1^st Bn, KORBR)

3^rd Battalion (ex-Lancastrian and Cumbrian with elm of Kings and Cheshire)

The Yorkshire Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, POWORY)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Green Howards)

3^rd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Duke of Wellingtons)

4^th Battalion (ex-East and West Riding and elm Tyne Tees)

The Royal Irish Regiment

1^st Battalion

5^th Battalion (ex-Royal Irish Rangers)

2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Battalions to eventually disband

Royal Wessex Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Devon and Dorsets and Gloucester elm of RGBW)

2^nd Battalion (ex-Berkshire and Wiltshire elm of RGBW and Hampshire elm of PWRR)

3^rd Battalion (ex-Rifle Vols, minus LI Coys and with elm from Royal Rifle Vols)

The Mercian Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, WFR)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, Staffords and elm 1^st Bn Cheshires)

3^rd Battalion (ex-West Midlands Regiment and elm Kings and Cheshires)

The Royal Welch Regiment

1^st Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, RWF and elm 1^st Bn, Cheshires)

2^nd Battalion (ex-1^st Bn, RRW)

3^rd Battalion (ex-Royal Welsh Regiment)

The Light Infantry

1^st Battalion

2^nd Battalion

5^th Battalion (ex-LI from RV, WMR, Tyne Tees and EWR)

The Royal Green Jackets

1^st Battalion

2^nd Battalion

4^th Battalion (ex-RGJ from Londons and RRV)

The Parachute Regiment

1^st Battalion (to assume special forces support role)

2^nd Battalion

3^rd Battalion

4^th Battalion

The Royal Gurkha Rifles

1^st Battalion

2^nd Battalion